POWERING THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Dr. Vedantham Lakshmi Srinivas
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
Creating sustainable energy solutions that drive innovation and address global energy challenges across clean mobility, microgrids and power systems.
FACULTY LEAD, CLEAN ENERGY & SMART GRID LAB; FACULTY IN-CHARGE, E-MOBILITY CLUB
Research connecting renewable generation, intelligent control and resilient power systems.
RESEARCH FOCUS
Intelligent energy systems for a more resilient future.
CLEAN ENERGY & SMARTGRID
Power Electronics · Smart Grids · Renewable Energy · EVs · Energy Storage · AI · Cybersecurity · Sustainable Mining
RESEARCH NOW
A few directions currently shaping the lab.
01 — Smart microgrids for resilient local energy.
02 — Electric mobility, charging and energy storage.
03 — Secure cyber-physical infrastructure for the grid.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Latest news from the lab.
Opportunities
2 PhD Research Positions Open
Applications are invited from motivated researchers interested in pursuing PhD research in areas including electric vehicle drives and charging infrastructure, battery management and energy storage, renewable-energy integration, AC/DC microgrids, cyber-physical power systems and security, axial-flux electric machines, and AI-driven power-system control. INTERESTED Candidates need to mail their CV to vlsrinivas@iitism.ac.in
Research Publication
Research Paper Accepted in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
A research paper by S. B. Mitikiri, B. A. Raju, D. Sharma, V. L. Srinivas and M. Pal, titled “Eliminating Cascaded Control Loops: A Neural Network Approach for Grid-Forming Inverters,” has been published as Early Access in the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. The work advances neural-network-based control approaches for grid-forming inverters and contributes to the laboratory’s research on intelligent control and renewable-energy-integrated power systems.
Patent
Indian Patent Granted for Voltage Stabilization in Renewable-Integrated DC Microgrids
An Indian patent titled “A System for Voltage Stabilization Control with Hybrid Renewable Power Sources in DC Microgrid” has been granted under Grant No. 571117 on 24 September 2025. The invention addresses voltage stabilization and control of DC microgrids integrating hybrid renewable power sources. Authors: K. C. Jana, G. Shankar, V. L. Srinivas, K. R. Khan, S. Kumar and R. K. Saket.
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